Steve Labitt

Technical Director, Land and Air Defense Systems Raytheon

Steve Labitt is currently the Technology Director for the Land & Air Defense Systems (LADS) Strategic Business Unit within Raytheon, part of Raytheon Technologies. LADS provides the U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps and international customers with integrated air and missile defense, counter UAS, and proven precision long-range and combat weapon capabilities.

As the LADS Technology Director, Labitt works across the mission area to ensure the development of a cohesive and coordinated technical roadmap. He also has responsibility for the Independent Research and Development portfolio for LADS driving the development of key technology. Labitt is also heavily involved in new business efforts driving the technical strategy and solutions.

Raytheon (RAY) is a RTX business headquartered in Tucson, Arizona, Raytheon brings customers the industry’s most advanced end-to-end solutions, delivering the advantage of one innovative partner to detect, track and defeat threats.

Labitt was the Technical Director for the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS) program. Labitt was involved with LTAMDS from the start of the acquisition program developing and driving the technical solution that resulted in the competitive capture. Prior to LTAMDS, Labitt was the Chief Engineer on the Fixed Station Sensors Modernization & Integration (FSSM&I) competitive capture and win. Prior to FSSM&I Labitt worked multiple additional captures.

Previous to transitioning to capture work Labitt was the Multi-Function RF Systems Technology Area Director (MRFS TAD) reporting to Raytheon Corporate Technology and Research. In this role, Labitt worked across the Raytheon business units developing the MRFS technology roadmap, identifying the enterprise-wide technology needs, and supporting Raytheon innovation initiatives.

Prior to his rotation as the MRFS TAD Labitt was the Above Water Sensors Systems Chief Engineer and the Dual Band Radar (DBR) Technical Director for Raytheon’s Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) Seapower Capability Systems business unit. Labitt had been involved with the SPY-3/DBR program from program award and previously was the DBR System Architect responsible for the development of the numerous modes of DBR.

Labitt was the Hardware System Lead for new development for the Patriot Radar Program. In particular, he was heavily involved with the wideband Classification, Discrimination, and Identification program from the independent research and development program to final production sell-off to the US government.

Labitt is a graduate of Worcester Polytechnic Institute having earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering. He also attended the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, supported by the Raytheon Advanced Study scholarship program, where he earned his master’s degree in electrical engineering. Labitt has published multiple papers in the area of radar systems and hold patents in the area of Analog to Digital and Counter-UAS techniques. He is also a Raytheon Certified Architect.